A Brookhaven man has been promoted in the Mississippi Department of Transportation Bridge Division.

Justin Walker has been promoted to Assistant State Bridge Engineer, according to MDOT Interim Executive Director Melinda McGrath.

According to MDOT, Walker recently served as Senior Design Section Engineer, for Districts One, Five and Seven and will now assist the State Bridge Engineer in design and plan development of interstate and highway bridges, and management of MDOT’s national bridge inventory program.

Walker has been with MDOT for 14 years and graduated from Mi

The Mississippi Department of Transportation released the following updates on road projects in Lincoln County:

• Bridge widening on Interstate 55: An $11.5 million project to widen 12 bridges in the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 55 in Lincoln County is expected to be complete in July. Work is progressing at the Big Creek Crossing just north of Exit 30, the Bogue Chitto River crossing north of Exit 38 and the bridge over Brookway Boulevard at Exit 40.

LINCOLN COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - A 21-year-old Wesson woman was killed in an accident with a school bus in Lincoln County Wednesday afternoon.

Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing said shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday a bus carrying 16 students from Enterprise Attendance Center collided head on with a vehicle on Little Rock Road.

The driver, 21-year-old Tammy Jo Brown of Wesson, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger , 19-year-old Jordan Michael Hunt also of Wesson, was not injured, Rushing said.